Reopening of Isola di San Giacomo in Paludo in the northern Venice lagoon as the third venue of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, eight years after Patrizia and Agostino Re Rebaudengo bought the island in 2018. Restoration uses reversible structural insertions on micropiles and ~30,000 manually cl

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fondazione-sandretto-re-rebaudengo
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Reopening of Isola di San Giacomo in Paludo in the northern Venice lagoon as the third venue of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, eight years after Patrizia and Agostino Re Rebaudengo bought the island in 2018. Restoration uses reversible structural insertions on micropiles and ~30,000 manually cleaned and reused original bricks across two Napoleonic-era powder magazines plus a restored military watchtower. The island runs entirely off-grid: integrated photovoltaic system with energy storage, water from a restored military-era well plus rainwater management, native lagoon planting. Inaugural programme on 7 May 2026: Matt Copson's 'Fanfare/Lament' curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist; the collection show 'Don't have hope, be hope!' from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection; and a recovery-documentation show by Giovanna Silva and Antonio Fortugno. Permanent installations include Claire Fontaine's 'Patriarchy = CO2', Goshka Macuga's 'GONOGO', an inclined chapel by Hugh Hayden, Pamela Rosenkranz's 'Old Tree (Pink Seas)' and Thomas Schütte's 'Nixe'.
Event
venice-art-biennale-2026
Themes
patronage, restraint, craft
Venue
isola-san-giacomo-paludo
Year
2026

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